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A common artificial sweetener could make cancer treatments less effective, a new study has found.

Sucralose, a sweetener found in many diet sodas, low-calorie snacks and powdered sugar substitutes, could interfere with immunotherapy in cancer patients, according to research from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

The study included 132 patients with melanoma (a deadly form of skin cancer ) and nonsmall cell lung cancer (the most common type of lung cancer).

YOUR DAILY DIET SODA COULD BE AGING YOUR BRAIN FASTER THAN YOU THINK, STUDY FINDS

All patients were taking anti-PD1 (a type of immunotherapy), either alone or in combination with chemotherapy.

They all completed dietary questionnaires that

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